In a normal country, the creation of a new body, the so-called Investment Consortium, would surely not be necessary to ensure that public works budgeted in a given year are actually carried out. But in Spain, this is not the case and there is a great
Mapi León will not continue at FC Barcelona. As reported by the program Tot Costa on Catalunya Ràdio and confirmed by this newspaper, the Aragonese center-back will put an end to nine seasons as a blaugrana, also being one of the undisputed starters in the heart of the defense. According to sources familiar with the operation, the defender will move to the London City Lionesses, owned by Michele Kang.
Many years ago, at least twenty, the then editor-in-chief of this section fired at the journalist in charge of writing the chronicle of Sant Jordi’s day with a question as brief as the subsequent answer was:
At 12:30 pm this Monday Luis de la Fuente will announce the names of the 26 chosen to compete in the 2026 World Cup representing Spain, a competition in which the national team participates as European champion and among the contenders to be world champions. Spain will close its local preparation with a friendly against Iraq on the 4th before traveling to the USA, where it will seek qualification for the knockout rounds against Cape Verde (June 15), Saudi Arabia (June 21), and Uruguay (June 27).
The month of August once again records negative data for employment, as is usual in an economy as seasonal as the Spanish one. The end of the high tourism season and the loss of affiliations in the education sector cause registered unemployment to have increased by 44,419 people, double that of August 2025 (it rose by 22,000 people) while the number of Social Security affiliates decreased by 162,840 employed compared to July, down to a total of 22,345,226 affiliates.
The American billionaire James Cox ‘Fergie’ Chambers Jr., heir to one of the largest fortunes in the United States and known for his far-left political activism, remains in the Eivissa prison after the duty judge ordered his provisional detention while an extradition request filed by the US authorities is processed.
A mid-July morning on the Moray coast in Scotland, near Inverness: the sky is leaden, the sea rough, and the rain falls horizontally. Christopher Nolan makes his way to the pier in search of his maritime advisor, secretly hoping that this will be the first day of the six-month shoot of The Odyssey when they say to him: “Sorry, not today, the sea is too rough.” However, the vessel they are filming on—a 35-meter wooden ship from Norway—had been built with these conditions in mind. So, although it is clear the experience will be terrible, Nolan is assured it will also be perfectly safe.
Romeu-Giráldez duel on the benches, reunions, farewells, rematches, and a crown at stake. The clash between FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes this afternoon at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo promises to be one of the most thrilling of all time. It has all the ingredients to be one of those that go down in history, and Barça wants to engrave its name on its fourth continental crown. Against their archrival, who wants to become that Lyon again that once terrified Europe. The one with eight Champions in its trophy cabinet, now seeking the first in Oslo since Michele Kang took ownership of the French giant.
The PSC brought to debate this Thursday a motion in the Parliament in which they condemn the Islamophobic and xenophobic chants that occurred in the Spain-Egypt match on March 31 at the RCDE Stadium. One of the regrettable messages heard was “muslim who doesn’t jump,” a chant that Vox has defended from the Catalan Chamber’s podium. The ultra party deputy, Alberto Tarradas, asked “what is wrong with this phrase that comes from the spontaneity and joy of the people.” And he did not stop there. Tarradas pronounced this expression and added that he did not jump to “maintain a certain decorum,” but that his entire group “jumps.”
Hansi Flick faces Barça’s league debut at the Spotify Camp Nou against Athletic Club (21:00) with several key names on the table. There is one week left before the transfer market closes, and Barcelona has several files to resolve. Among them, the situation of Alejandro Balde, the future of the goalkeeping position with the arrival of Livakovic, the condition of Lamine Yamal, and, although he does not like to talk about players who are not part of his squad, everything was understood when he spoke about Julián Alvarez.